AKA Thomas E. Ricks

Born: 25-Sep-1955
Birthplace: Beverly, MA

Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Journalist

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Fiasco

Wife: (one son, one daughter)

    University: Yale University (1977)

    The Washington Post Pentagon Correspondent (2000-)
    The Wall Street Journal (1982-99)
    Hoover Institution Media Fellow (2003)

Author of books:
Making the Corps (1997, history)
A Soldier's Duty: A Novel (2001, novel)
Fiasco: The American Military Adventure in Iraq (2006, history)
The Gamble: General Petraeus and the Untold Story of the American Surge in Iraq, 2006-2008 (2009)
The Generals: American Military Command from World War II to Today (2012, history)

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